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Karma
What do these things have in teenage crushes, rivalries, unsettled scores and 80s music? A school reunion, that's what. Paige Taylor is in her late twenties and still doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up. Her life revolves around sleep, caffeine and 80s music, rather than sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. However, a mysterious invitation to a school reunion makes Paige take a long look at her life and she doesn't like what she debt problems, back-stabbing colleagues and more people walking over her than a welcome mat. Things have to change. Karma is a comical tale of revenge, regret and revisiting the past. Can Paige give Karma a helping hand or will interfering with cosmic justice have consequences?
354 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2007
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October 9, 2012
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I started reading this in my coffee break and almost snorted coffee out of my nose within the first couple of pages – this could have been written about me! All the mention of singing along to Adam and the Ants and seeing Biker Mice from Mars on the telly (it was a terrible cartoon!) could have been lifted straight out of my life. This is very funny stuff – light-hearted, but written with great warmth.
I’m not usually one to get gripped by “chick-lit”, but will freely admit I lay on my bed all evening so I could finish it in peace! It makes such a nice change to have a heroine who doesn’t have a high-powered job and pots of money, or start out with the perfect boyfriend – here the heroine is a normal, down-to-earth lass who is struggling to make ends meet and hasn’t had a boyfriend in as long as she can remember (put it this way – she can count the number of her sexual conquests in the past twelve months on one finger!). She makes countless mistakes in her life – just like everyone else! It’s refreshing to see a heroine who one could not possibly feel jealous about when looking at her life.
Comedic and tragic by turn – moving moments and pants-wettingly funny highs with a Geordie accent. I’d say this is my book of the month – excellent stuff!
I started reading this in my coffee break and almost snorted coffee out of my nose within the first couple of pages – this could have been written about me! All the mention of singing along to Adam and the Ants and seeing Biker Mice from Mars on the telly (it was a terrible cartoon!) could have been lifted straight out of my life. This is very funny stuff – light-hearted, but written with great warmth.
I’m not usually one to get gripped by “chick-lit”, but will freely admit I lay on my bed all evening so I could finish it in peace! It makes such a nice change to have a heroine who doesn’t have a high-powered job and pots of money, or start out with the perfect boyfriend – here the heroine is a normal, down-to-earth lass who is struggling to make ends meet and hasn’t had a boyfriend in as long as she can remember (put it this way – she can count the number of her sexual conquests in the past twelve months on one finger!). She makes countless mistakes in her life – just like everyone else! It’s refreshing to see a heroine who one could not possibly feel jealous about when looking at her life.
Comedic and tragic by turn – moving moments and pants-wettingly funny highs with a Geordie accent. I’d say this is my book of the month – excellent stuff!
February 12, 2011
Amusing, entertaining, satisfying.
I read the first chapter of Karma in the Bookforce "Undiscovered Authors" competition. Holly H Harvey then went on to win for the North East of England and the result was this highly entertaining book.
After making her way through school as an object of ridicule and practical jokes, Paige has still not managed to pull her life together at the age of 28.
Her working life is unsatisfactory and illness has left her straddled with debts that she just can't clear.
In the office things are not going to plan. After 4 years she is still not happy there and office politics are a constant dark cloud.
When Paige applies for promotion things really come to a head ; Karma needs a bit of a helping hand!
In the midst of this arrives an invitation to her school's 10 year reunion. She bravely decides to face her fears and attends with her close friend Sarah. There are, after all, some scores to settle!
I loved the way the book unraveled. Thanks to karma, and with a little assistance, the bad get their just desserts - but not necessarily in the way you'd expect.
Witty and erudite, this is a must-read for all fans of better quality, non formulaic Chick-Lit.
I read the first chapter of Karma in the Bookforce "Undiscovered Authors" competition. Holly H Harvey then went on to win for the North East of England and the result was this highly entertaining book.
After making her way through school as an object of ridicule and practical jokes, Paige has still not managed to pull her life together at the age of 28.
Her working life is unsatisfactory and illness has left her straddled with debts that she just can't clear.
In the office things are not going to plan. After 4 years she is still not happy there and office politics are a constant dark cloud.
When Paige applies for promotion things really come to a head ; Karma needs a bit of a helping hand!
In the midst of this arrives an invitation to her school's 10 year reunion. She bravely decides to face her fears and attends with her close friend Sarah. There are, after all, some scores to settle!
I loved the way the book unraveled. Thanks to karma, and with a little assistance, the bad get their just desserts - but not necessarily in the way you'd expect.
Witty and erudite, this is a must-read for all fans of better quality, non formulaic Chick-Lit.
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